I don’t get why some of you have issues with the cast timer for switching flight modes and yet don’t have an issue for these :
When everything else have a cast timer
Oh the irony…
Because they look for anything to complain about, and join in on bandwagons for problems already addressed on the forums.
Meanwhile, this is just another Tuesday for Blizzard.
That’s not how irony works.
Also it’s because it went from having only 1.5 second cast time between swapping mounts to a 6.5 second cast time. Which is a huge difference. I imagine most folks wouldn’t be happy if hearthstone had it’s duration increased to 35 seconds.
I do not find the cast time for switching skyriding all that bothersome. I prefer not to skyride any of my flying mounts.
Because for the last year or so we’ve enjoyed having both dragonriding and steady flight available at the same time, without a cast time. Sure we got more mount options out of this but functionally it’s a step backwards.
And yet people on here wanted every flying mount to have skyriding baked into all existing flyable mounts and then yall got your wish. And the consequences of that is a small cast timer for switching it back to TBC flight mode. So be careful what you ask or wish for.
That’s an artificial, not a natural consequence though.
This was not an agreed upon bargin between players and devs. There was no vote. Players wanted more mounts but do we know how many were willing to lose functionality over it? Especially when there is no reason that HAS to happen? The real question is why are you defending a reduction in quality oflife?
That’s not a consequence of more options. That’s just how they designed the system. They have the ability to design it differently.
I am a realist. The cast timer is the only way to make sure nothing breaks between the two flying modes. And also preventing degenerate behavior.
Source?
It worked just fine before. There is no reason it can’t be a toggle in which you just have to change mounts to get the change to take effect. This is exactly how whirling surge versus lightning surge works already.
I have no idea what you mean about “degenerate behavior” that has no meaning in this context.
There was no reason to remove QoL just for what was purely a visual update. If it NEEDED a cast time (which I doubt) it could’ve been 0.5 seconds.
Wow, comparing active abilities to switching flight modes nice comparison (not). They are not one in the same mechanically.
As a gatherer I would be fine with the cast time if we had more stamina. When I was out of stamina, I switched to normal flying in 1.5sec. Now it’s 5 + 1.5, and it is really long tbh when you gather. You switch every 3 min. It’s so bad that gathering using normal flying might be more efficient
What are you talking about? You were cappable of switching flight modes by simply changing what mount you were using with a 1.5 second cast for almost a year.
So it’s quite clear that it can be done because it WAS done.
You also refused to respond to
This.
That was before skyriding was even a thing. And so yeah both flight mode have been integrated into all flying mounts and therefore must have some mechanism in place to be a guardrail for technical reasons. And or both on stoping degenerate behavior by some.
These are not valid comparisons, which is where the true irony lies.
Strawman argument 
Anyone try thinking of asking for a reduction in cast time or a SR talent/ability that would reduce or make the cast time nill?
Just an idea of such: Recovery flight-when low/out of vigor mounts switches to steady flight to recover
Well thats a big red flag using that word aware of its origins hun or what it means?
I don’t see any irony - you aren’t comparing the same types of things.
Most of the issue results from the fact they let us use the system in a superior way in dragonflight and then made it worse by forcing people to choose to have all mounts one way
I just find the whole idea of static/skyriding being tied to us, and not individual mounts dumb. It’s not the cast time I find ridiculous, it’s the whole silly system. If we want to change flying characteristics, why are we casting it on the passenger, and not the vehicle the passenger is flying on?